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Johnna Ray Cronk, beloved wife, daughter, sister, aunt, and teacher, passed into the arms of her Savior on October 4, 2023, at the age of 60. She was a resident of Ruston, and a member of Temple Baptist Church.
By Julie Butters When it comes to high-risk activities, bird-watching doesn’t usually make it to the top of the list. But Professor Emeritus William “Ted” E. Davis, Jr., has faced peril more than once while observing birds for research or pleasure. In 1965, Davis (GRS’66), who was 29, and his father were stalking grassland birds in Tanzania when their vehicle was charged by a black rhinoceros. (“We had a very good driver and he raced away from it,” he says.) But the scariest confrontation happened in Australia in 1990. He was a visiting research fellow at University of New England...